Rootborn Defenses
2W
Instant
Populate. Creatures you control are indestructible this turn.
(Populate: Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
Simple question: Must a token be in play in order to cast the spell? There's nothing in the text of the populate description indicating it's a "may" ability, so that would indicate, to me, that you must populate in order to resolve the spell. Meaning, if you have no token, you cannot cast Rootborn Defenses. Am I reading this correctly, or it possible to cast even when there is nothing to copy?
"416.3. If an effect attempts to do something impossible, it does only as much as possible."
I try to get the semblance with Tezzeret's Gambit. You draw the cards even if you can't proliferate. Rootborn Defenses is worded the other way around, but maybe that's because the Populated' token wouldn't be indestructible the other way. I'm not really sure, we'll see when the cards will be put in the Gatherer.
I don't know if Populate targets, so... maybe you need to Populate first for resolving :S
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2W
Instant
Populate. Creatures you control are indestructible this turn.
(Populate: Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
Simple question: Must a token be in play in order to cast the spell? There's nothing in the text of the populate description indicating it's a "may" ability, so that would indicate, to me, that you must populate in order to resolve the spell. Meaning, if you have no token, you cannot cast Rootborn Defenses. Am I reading this correctly, or it possible to cast even when there is nothing to copy?
Thanks!
"416.3. If an effect attempts to do something impossible, it does only as much as possible."
I try to get the semblance with Tezzeret's Gambit. You draw the cards even if you can't proliferate. Rootborn Defenses is worded the other way around, but maybe that's because the Populated' token wouldn't be indestructible the other way. I'm not really sure, we'll see when the cards will be put in the Gatherer.
I don't know if Populate targets, so... maybe you need to Populate first for resolving :S